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Heel Tough Blog: California Preview
Lance King- Getty Images The Tar Heels head to the West Coast on Friday night as they face the California Golden Bears looking to turn their season in the right direction. Here is everything you need to know for the late night matchup with one of the ACC’s most confusing teams so far this year. Team Breakdowns Tar Heels The team needs to show some signs of life against Power 4 competition and this will be one of their best chances to do that the rest of the season. The team a

Anthony Pagnotta
9 hours ago6 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC Confirms Michael Lombardi's Trip to Saudi Arabia
Tar Heel Tribune It may have seemed like an Onion headline but, as the university confirmed on Thursday, it is real. The Tar Heels are looking to the Saudi Arabian government and its Public Investment Fund for help to raise money for the football program. As first reported by Pablo Torre and later confirmed by Brendan Marks and Christopher Kamrani of the Athletic, Tar Heel general manager Michael Lombardi took a trip overseas to Saudi Arabia back in mid-August to gauge the in

Anthony Pagnotta
1 day ago1 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Availability Report - California
After a second bye week in three weeks, the Tar Heels are on their way out west to take on California in an ACC contest, set for tomorrow night, at 10:30 PM on ESPN. Carolina has only played once in the past 27 days, a blowout loss to Clemson, despite Bill Belichick’s insistence that his team is improving. The good news about the time off is that it allowed for some players to get healthy, heading into the back half of the season, where Carolina will play seven straight games

Joshua Marlow
2 days ago2 min read


Heel Tough Blog: 2025 Midseason Grades
The Tar Heels sit here in the midst of their second bye week of the 2025 season searching for answers. Following last week’s buzz around possibly moving on from head coach Bill Belichick, there is even a question about how long this experiment may last. With it expected to at least last till the end of the season, it is time to turn the attention back to the current season on the field where the team is struggling mightily. Here’s a look at our grades for each unit on this te

Anthony Pagnotta
2 days ago12 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Flip 2026 4✮ CB from Miami
@5star_tre- Instagram After suffering a big decommitment earlier in the day in the 2027 class, the Tar Heels have completed a major flip on the 2026 recruiting trail. As he announced via social media, 2026 4✮ CB Kenton Dopson has flipped his commitment from Miami to UNC. The flip comes after Dopson took a visit to campus during the Richmond game following an offer from the Tar Heels back in August. Last month, he announced that he was officially reclassifying to the 2026 clas

Anthony Pagnotta
2 days ago2 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Commitment from 2027 4✮ RB
@am1rbrown- Instagram The Tar Heels have done a good job of holding on to commitments on the recruiting trail amidst the rough start to the 2025 season, but on Wednesday, the team lost its top commit in the 2027 recruiting class. As first reported by Hayes Fawcett of Rivals, 2027 4✮ RB Amir Brown has decommitted from the Tar Heels. The decommitment comes ahead of his scheduled visit to Notre Dame for their game with USC on Saturday night. His decommitment comes in the middle

Anthony Pagnotta
3 days ago1 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC Picked to Finish 3rd in the ACC in 2025-26
Sports Illustrated Last week, the ACC held its annual preseason event in Charlotte, where coaches and players met with the assembled media ahead of the 2025-26 season. It’s during that time that the preseason voting takes place, and today the results were released, and they set the bar of expectations for the UNC program from a media perspective going into this season. Despite a roster that features 11 new players, and a coach that is believed to be coaching for his job, the

Joshua Marlow
3 days ago2 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Bill Belichick Calls Rumors of Him Looking to Leave "Categorically False"
Inside Carolina Monday was the first time that Bill Belichick, the head coach of the Tar Heels, met with the media following a crazy week of speculation about his job status and future with the program. In his opening comments, Belichick put to rest any reports that he had been looking to leave for another job or a soft landing in television. “I’ll just start with right off the bat, some of the reports out last week about me looking for a buyout and trying to leave here, all

Anthony Pagnotta
4 days ago2 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC Cracks Preseason AP Top 25
GoHeels With ACC Tip-Off behind us, we’re getting closer and closer to the college hoops season, and another sign of that is the annual preseason poll, which was released earlier today, and to no surprise, it contained Hubert Davis and the UNC Tar Heels. After an off-season overhaul that saw Carolina bring in 11 new players, UNC will begin the 2025-26 season, #25 in the AP Poll, meaning the program will begin the season preseason ranked for all 5 of Hubert Davis’s seasons on

Joshua Marlow
5 days ago2 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Veteran RB Medically Retires After 5 Seasons With the UNC Program
Getty Images After seeing a handful of players exit the program earlier this season, the UNC football roster took another hit earlier...

Joshua Marlow
Oct 102 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Reports Now Say Exit Discussions With Belichick Never Happened
Lance King- Getty Images The Bill Belichick saga has been one of the craziest we have seen in the history of sports and we have our...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 92 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Statements Issued by Belichick and Cunningham Amidst Growing Speculation
Lance King- Getty Images After a day filled with reports and speculation on the job status of Bill Belichick, the head coach and athletic...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 82 min read


Heel Tough Blog: "Preliminary Conversations" Have Been Had About Bill Belichick Exit Strategy
Fox Sports The Bill Belichick experiment was one of the biggest spectacles in the history of college football and it may not even last a...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 82 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Star CB for Extended Period of Time
@thed0cta44- Instagram The bad news for the Tar Heel football program just continues to pour in. According to a report from Inside...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 81 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heel Position Coach Suspended for NCAA Rule Violation
@ballhawk_8- Instagram The bad news for the Tar Heels surrounding Bill Belichick and his coaching staff just continues to roll in....

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 71 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Shut Down Hulu Docuseries
Lance King- Getty Images One of the main focuses of this offseason for Bill Belichick and the front office staff was to get the team...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 71 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Commitment in 2026 Class for Second Time
@rar1mari- Instagram For the second time in this recruiting cycle, the Tar Heels have lost the commitment of one of their members of the...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 61 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Clemson Recap
Alex Holloway- Getty Images The Tar Heels returned to Kenan Stadium on Saturday looking to put a rough start to the season behind them...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 54 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Blue/White Scrimmage Takeaways
Maggie Hobson - GoHeels 2025-26 figures to be a big year for Hubert Davis, who is looking to silence his doubters and establish himself...

Joshua Marlow
Oct 44 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Clemson Preview
Nicholas Faulkner- Icon Sportswire After a much needed week off, the Tar Heels return to Kenan Stadium on Saturday to welcome in another...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 47 min read
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